Signature Pour Homme by S.T. Dupont, 2000

Very similar to Gucci Envy for Men, but it seems like it has better balance so I suspect I sampled a harsher, reformulated Envy. This type of scent doesn't seem to have enough note separation for me and it;'s a bit sharp, so I can't wear them often. I can see the appeal, but this is more for other people to smell than for the olfactory edification of the wearer, I'd say. There are quite a few "masculine" scents like this, most being released around the same time, so it must have been trendy then. Later it seemed that this idea was modified in a gourmand direction, leading to scents like Rochas Man, which still seem to be more popular at this point.

This really shines in the first three hours, but then it cools off and becomes a minty-chalky mediocre fragrance. Technically the transition is gradual, but by three hours in SPH is no longer a contender. It's a case of the top notes seriously outperforming the bottom notes, and I don't really have room in my collection for that. I'm also kind of glad that I'm not crazy about it because it's been discontinued and the price is through the roof for the remaining stock. I tend to get crazy over discontinued things that I really like. I've heard people compare this to Gucci Envy and Carven Homme, and I can actually attest to the later comparison, so you've got accessible, and better, alternatives.

I don't know how to describe fragrances note by note. But this smells EXACTLY like GUCCI Envy for men. IDENTICAL. They're also both powerhouse fragrances so the scent lingers on the skin for a long time. Unfortunately they both made me nauseated for some reason. I've learned my lesson on not buying fragrances solely based on reviews here because olfaction is truly a very personal thing.

I agree with SirSlarty's review on this. It definitely opens up with that incense and inky smell along with some pepper. About 5 minutes into it, I pick up on the basil leaf a little bit, but I get no grapefruit at all. The incense though is extremely recognizable in this stuff, it smells like the cheap powder that flakes off of those incense sticks. The fragrance itself though doesn't at all smell cheap. It's deep, rich, spicy and oriental.

It does have this certain cultural feel to it. I think this would be something people in India would wear, or it would match with the surroundings. Signature projects nicely throughout, and lasts a good 8 hours. It's pretty basic and linear, after about 20 minutes, those ink accords subside, and we're left with basically an incense/woodsy/spicy fragrance. Later on the spice eventually wears thin too. Overall to me, this stuff is just bleh.. Bland, boring, old fashioned. I'm also not much into incense so that weakens my enthusiasm for this stuff.

A touch sweet but never syrupy. A little smoky but never smoke-like. I also ran into a somewhat boozy afterglow and a transient inky note, particularly with a more generous application.

What a shapeshifter! It's not easy to get a firm handle on such an evolving scent, despite some similarities to Opium pour Homme and Jacomo Rouge. Up close, SIGNATURE POUR HOMME offers quite an intriguing olfactory puzzle to engage even the most jaded of noses. But in sillage it is more accessible with a subdued glow of ambery, almost boozy incense.

IMO one helluva sleeper worth exploring.

.. atmosphere times of Alexander Dumas ...
Oh, the eternal profit capitalism - there is no aristocracy and style ...
Why was murdered this masterpiece? (

Sweet, smoky, spicy, Oriental. The opening I get from Signature is a warm combination of citrus, green, and spice all wrapped in a warm incense aura. The citrus and green disappear quickly, leaving a rich spicy, smoky, wood accord. The middle contains a restrained floral element along with cedar, discreet spices, and that persistent incense skulking in the background. The movement into the dry down seems to be a back and forth shift among a cedar pencil smell, an amber / vanilla accord, a fresh pepper, and the skulking incense. The dry down is long lasting, soft, sweet, amber, with enough pepper left over to keep it interesting. S. T. Dupont Signature Pour Homme is an interesting scent with a definite sillage. I think that this scent might have been partially inspired by Opium Pour Homme, much tamed down, of course, and that inspiration puts Signature in very good company. With a very light touch in application it is appropriate, I think, for the office. It is an excellent masculine fragrance. (Edit of 10 January 2006 review.)

great top and middle notes. ( subdued spicyness) with a touch of givenchy pi due to the benzoin. point blank is that this is a great subtle pi light.

Firstly, neat bottle. Secondly, incense. Thirdly, smells like spicy inks. The incense really, really softens everything in this but it's a strong oriental scent. A little on the synthetic side. Smells like Gucci pour Homme (a woody scent) with incense and bitter fruit on top.

Foetidus was quite correct in saying that this is a tamed version of Opium pour Homme. I'd heard Mario Justiniani praise this one before, but I'd never tried it until last year (blind buy off eBay for me, too).

Wonderful floral heart after the opening, and an incredible Oriental drydown with lots of amber.

Cool "inkwell" bottle, too, although a bit awkward in terms of size.